London has always been known for its fog, but by 1905 Londoners realized there was toxic smoke mixed with the fog–and the word smog was born (EPA). Over the long weekend of Dec 5-9, 1952, the London smog killed more people than would later be killed by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Four [...]
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Well, I hope we have been rescued from economic meltdown; I hope I won’t be out in the street selling pencils next month.
I remember the election campaign of 1980; The father of our current president was seeking the nomination of the Republican party. He called Ronald Reagan’s economic plan “voodoo economics.” Regan of course, prevailed, [...]
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Maybe I’m naive, but I assume people’s good intentions until proven otherwise. I assume senators McCain and Obama are both honorable, decent men with a genuine desire to serve their country. But now that the race is coming down to the wire, the campaigns on both sides have started slinging a little mud.
Senator Obama commented [...]
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